New To Kribs

[hotdogoramer]

How easy is it to breed kribs?? I m getting some and want to know a little background info from experienced people.

 

[indigoj]

very - good food, water quality and a cave should do the trick once you find a pair.

 

[hotdogoramer]

Nice!!! How many caves do i need??

 

[indigoj]

one should be fine - 2 plenty, they will choose one and clean/dig around it.

 

[Gilli]

Easy to get breeding but it doesnt always result in fry! My pair have laid 3 times now with no fry results, but they are a young pair so I have hopes they will eventually. They also ignore the slate coconut cave I bought for them and dug out a hole under a large piece of slate to lay!

 

[hotdogoramer]

Easy to get breeding but it doesnt always result in fry! My pair have laid 3 times now with no fry results, but they are a young pair so I have hopes they will eventually. They also ignore the slate coconut cave I bought for them and dug out a hole under a large piece of slate to lay!

Yeah so what if i get older kribs, that are big

 

[kribensis12]

If they haven't bred before, they may not get fry the first couple of tries. You need more than 1 cave. Better 3 or 4, as they can be very picky about where they want to lay. If they don't like the cave options they may not breed.

 

[hotdogoramer]

Can all the caves i provide be of flower pots, or do i have to have a variety of the types of caves

 

[kribensis12]

FLower pot's work well, but you may want to try coconuts as well

 

[hotdogoramer]

Where do i get the coconut caves from??

 

[zoetetra]

i bought mine from the local supermarket, cut in half scooped out the inside and boiled it for an hour then made a little doorway. was quite impressed with myself lol

 

[Gilli]

Where do i get the coconut caves from??

Got mine for a few pounds on Ebay - theres a guy sells them covered in pieces of slate - looks great!! He does 2 different sizes, a single half coconut and 2 stuck together.

 

[Ben M]

they lay eggs all the time. mine haven't produced any fry yet though but they're young so they are probs going to get it right soon. they have being guarding a cave for the past few days. i would get a few caves and let them choose. mine choose a different one each time. mine are made out of slate. i made some caves by stacking sheets of it on top of each other. i have also used a flowerpot which they tried out within about 5 minutes. no joke. i put it in when i was doing a water change and they where guarding it before i had refilled the tank. try to let them have some privacy and keep away when they have layed eggs. once i was cleaning algae off the rocks and didn't realise they were guarding and the male bit my hand! i would buy them young. when i got mine i got four because they were young and it was impossible to sex them. i have 1 male and 3 females which, really you want a pair, but the male must think he's the lookiest fish in the world lol.

 

[Ben M]

sorry posted it twice

 

[hotdogoramer]

Just picked up my pair of kribs, the female is very pretty and is 2 1/4 inches and the male is 3 inches. I also ordered the coconut from ebay but it is gonna take 2 weeks to arrive.